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THANKS FOR THE RIDE, MICK: Three-time world champion Mick Fanning, pictured, had his eyes on the prize in the final at Bells Beach yesterday until Brazilian Italo Ferreira ruined the fairytale ending to the Aussie’s retirement, winning a seesawing encounter. In better news for Australia, Fanning’s Gold Picture: WSL/Sloane Coast near-neighbour, Stephanie Gilmore, won the women’s title.
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business profitability, impacting on growth,” Mr Peart told the Indy yesterday. His comments followed a series of stories in the paper last year about power prices threatening the viability of local businesses. Australian Industry Group warned in November that the rising prices could cost Geelong 2500 manufacturing jobs. The group’s national police advisor, Tennant Reed, said energy pricing was a “life and death issue” for a quarter of Australia’s manufacturers. Continued page 6
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Geelong manufacturers are sweating on the Turnbull Government’s plan for power supplies as rising prices place a “great drain” on local operators, according to their representative body. Geelong Manufacturing Council’s David Peart named energy prices ahead of skills shortages as sources of pressure on local manufacturing, employing more than 10,000 workers locally. “Similar to manufacturers outside of our region, the industry remains under pressure, awaiting outcomes of the National Energy Guarantee, as energy prices are providing a great drain and challenge on
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